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Vol. 7 No. 3 - Sept. 25, 2002
Football
Happenings
(or... duh do Ron Ron Ron, duh do Ron Ron)
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Vol. 7 No. 3 - Sept. 25, 2002
Football
Happenings
(or... duh do Ron Ron Ron, duh do Ron Ron)
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Until
next time, from the love-beaded FBH headquarters, and from the cozy confines of Ralphworld Central, it's little kisses, little kisses, and ciao ciao! -- Buntman & Ralph A |
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I
fear I may have awoken a sleeping giant, Giant-Boy that is. Last week
I made the mistake of referring to FBH Cadet Danny Andren as the possible
heir-apparent to the "Juggernaut" title, thus providing
"Bulletin Board Clippings" for Ron "The REAL
Juggernaut" Hade as he took exception to the slight
and made his feelings known by turning in a 10-4 week #3 and vaulting
himself into a first place tie with Rob "NFL Photographer
Guy" Tringali. My apologies go out to Ron for ever doubting
his picking abilities. Hopefully I won't aggravate him further by
picturing him here in a Jets outfit. Ron bleeds Giants Blue (and Yankee
pinstripes), but has managed to adopt the Jets/Mets as his second
favorites due to his marrying into a Jets/Mets family some 20 years
ago.
Yippee!
We have divisional races to talk about again! Close races all around
too, well, almost. Week #4 marks the end of Quarter #1, so we'll have
actual money winners by this time next week. The Matt Snell
division finds the aforementioned Rob T. holding
a slim one-game lead over Mellenhead. That's NOT
Rob in the photo to the right, but if Rob was shooting the Denver-Buffalo
game last week, that's something like what he would look like. Maybe
one day we'll find a shot of Rob in action. Until then, we'll just
use replacements. Ron "Forever the Juggernaut" Hade
heads up the Don Maynard division by a slim margin
over Danny "NOT the Juggernaut" Andren.
And almost mathematically out of it is Doug at 14
games back with 14 games to play. Can Doug go 14-0 this week while
all others go 0-14? The Emerson Boozer division is
headed up by Andy "AB" Halstead who holds
a 2-game lead on Yogi, both holding off an angry
group of Vaneks. Mikey "Almond"
Joyce leads the Joe Namath division by 2
games and Ken "...on second thought change this pick
so it loses!" Davis manages to hold a 3-game lead in
the Sherman Plunkett division. Last week, Ken made
2 late switches of picks, turning them both to losers. A share of
First Place overall and a 5-game division lead would have been his
if he had went with his first instincts. Will he never learn?
[
There are wags who are wondering if Curtis Martin will ever run again.
Is he broken down? Does he have a gammy leg? Puleez. Instead of speculating,
why not call someone who knows something about the situation, Mr.
Emmitt Smith of Dallas, who has been similarly accused? Emmitt might
be a couple of years older than Curtis but (despite the opinion of
many) he, too, still has game. So why have these two elite backs struggled?
Both have been stricken by the same affliction; (offensive) lyne disease
complicated by lackapassitis. 
In
Dallas, it goes like this. Sure they have some “known” names on the
line, one slight thing, though; injuries and poor planning precluded
them from practicing together in pre-season (forget playing together).
How can a professional coaching staff think that’s going to work?
(True, a major victim of the salary cap is the experience of your
depth players, so you can’t blame coaches for wanting to get their
starters on the field together, but high-level execution takes a lot
of repetition.) 
Personal
fashion is not my forte. I don't stop to consider if my shirt goes
with my pants or my shoes or my socks when I dress. I don't care about
what's in style. In high school I started wearing Hawaiian shirts
because they were loud and out of place. By the time I was tired of
that look, they had actually begun to become an accepted part of fashion.
I then moved on to wearing NHL hockey shirts all the time. Again,
at the time it was a fashion faux-paz, but I didn't care. A few years
later, you could find many popular Rap/R&B artists sporting hockey
jerseys. Then when I started cutting the sleeves off my t-shirts,
not to show off my massive "guns" but for the sake of comfort,
I was the only one doing such a thing. As I began to grow tired of
that look, t-shirt manufacture's began selling sleeveless t-shirts
to the masses. It's for these reasons that I say, "I don't follow
fashion trends, I set them." So with that in mind, come
with me as I travel thru the ONE portion of the fashion industry that
I do actually follow closely. That is the fashion of the NFL.
As
a life-long Jets fan, I suppose I'm partial to their style and look.
The Jets have only had basically 2 styles in their history. In the
late 70's, I was thrilled when they got away from the white helmets
and updated their logo to the "JETS" with a jet plane flying
over the top. At some point they decided to follow the trend in ALL
of sports and throw Black into the scheme. Oy. You'll be hearing me
complain about the addition of the color Black by teams that don't
ordinarily have Black in their color scheme. But then Bill "The
Savior" Parcells came to the Jets and decided to bring back that
Namath-era glory and do the "Retro" thing that we see them
sporting today. Big Thumbs Up from me. I love the look now and dread
their next change. 
My
hatred for the Dolphins as a franchise is unmatched. But I can't find
much fault in their uniforms. They chose a color when they started
and have stuck with it. Kudos for that. The shades of Teal (Aqua?)
have varied thru the years, but the look remains about the same today
as it always did. And as much as it pains me to say, the Logo is one
of the coolest in the league. Not only does the Dolphin wear a helmet,
the helmet has a little "M" on it. Cool. 
This
one is a bit tougher to call. I used to like the logo of the Patriotic
Soldier in the Center snapping position. Something oddly curious about
that. But the Red shirts and white helmets were not very pleasing
to the eye. They made a serious update a few years back, and it's
certainly an improvement. Going to Silver helmets and Blue shirts
is welcome, but I hate the thin-wide-thin stripes on the shoulders
and the under-the-armpit stripes on the sides. The new logo is cool,
but I miss the snapping soldier. Extra points, however, for the logo
on the sleeve, something I wish every team would use. 
Good
lord. Worst uniforms in the NFL? Maybe. And since Seattle is now in
the NFC, Buffalo takes the worst-dressed prize for the AFC. A major
overhaul for 2002, they shouldn't wait for the season to end to burn
these things, Burn Them Now! The Dark jerseys are ok, but what were
they thinking with those white shirts? The Blue is darker than before,
making it a darker Blue than the logo while the numbers keep the lighter
shade of blue. Bad. The big blotch of Blue on the shoulder pads is
just disgusting. It forces the lettering on the backs to be white
on a white jersey, another no-no. Throw in the dreaded armpit stripe
and we have reached the nirvana of ugliness.
